Maybe youre doing some home remodeling and found some old beer cans inside a wall, an attic or a crawl space. From a recent find, there was 10 of these in the find, three have been sold, this is the second best example from the find. Prior to that, hutchinson and other types of beer and softdrink bottles came with attached stoppers. But as people started to drink again publicly, a quart of beer aka 32 ounces or. Get the best deals on preprohibition beer collectibles when you shop the largest online. Copyright 1933 by olympia brewing company the bottle stands about 612 tall and measures 212 in diameter at the base. Sep 22, 2017 we had it in the red room, eleanor roosevelt told her friend, journalist lorena hickok, after the first white house press conference for women reporters, held on march 6, 1933, a mere two days after fdrs inauguration as president. This is a great looking beer tray titled grandfathers drinking. It all started n the fall of 1950 when olympia first started canning beer great looking 3d point of sale piece from 195051 to help introduce olympia in cans while can advertising was the exception rather than the rule when they did do it they did it very well. The official price guide to beer cansspans collectibles from the 1935 cone tops to modernday poptops, covering all the major breweries including regional breweries. Consider that there are millions of beer bottles around.
Any can missing one or two of these factors will suffer in value. Happily, the can s approval rating is 91%, and krueger signs on with acco. Many feared that both the beer and its home would pass into history, but the rainier brand and recipe were both sold to the texasbased pabst brewing company, and production of the beer shifted to the old olympia brewery which theyd purchased from the schmidt family back in 1983. Many of these books are very valuable reference guides and are well worth acquiring but they are inaccurate when it comes to pricing. Vintage wooden olympia brewing co company beer box crate. The usbcoi master copy and usbcoi sup supplemental books are the first and only reference guides dedicated to the opening instruction oi beer can.
Oct 01, 2012 olympia beer pours a super light, weedy straw color and smells fairly mild and of sweet grains. The number one source of guitar and amplifier pricing and information so you can find the price and value of your used guitars and amplifier. Keller, who had perished in california seeking his fortune in the gold fields. Beer can collectors bible beer can collectors bible. Wakefield brewing orange county fair speedway mixed 4pack. Are you looking to buy or sell beer cans or soda cans. When searching on its important to find copies that match the book in your possession as accurately as possible.
No opener needed olympia goes to pull tab cans in 1964. National bohemi an pal e beer flat top ind oors nice can baltimore maryland. I can only hope i am still drinking beer when i get to be these guys age. Antique and vintage bottle openers collectors weekly. Some hints on dating old beer cans for the collector or for anyone who finds a can. All about beer cans see more ideas about beer can collection, beer and old beer cans. Currently the miller brewing company has been contracted by pabst to produce olympia beer in their irwindale, ca. Website dedicated to the selling, buying and collecting of antique beer items, aka breweriana, such as beer trays, signs, bottles, lithos, beer taps, and other great brewery items. Olympia beer stubby tumwater its the water from our artesian wells olympia brewing company olympia, washington net contents 11 fld. Pottery advertising books dolls games guitars movies music memorabilia paper records. Olympia 95% malt pabst brewing company beeradvocate. Buy olympia beer posters designed by millions of artists and iconic brands from all over the world. Quite simply, one of the finest beer can books ever produced. Com anybody can brew beer, but only god can make rust.
How to determine the value of an old mirror hobbylark. Its in nice condition with no dents and nice paint see photos. Its fizzy and light, like most mass produced, oldschool american style brews with hops pretty much nonexistent. This was convenient for consumers, but the stoppers did a poor job of keeping the contents of the bottle fresh. Collectors will pay thousands of dollars for some vintage beer cans. Jacob schmidt remained with the company until the early 1880s, becoming a close family friend of the hamms. By the end of that month, american had installed a temporary.
You can also use keywords like baroque, directoire, gothic, or neoclassical, which indicate the style of the mirror and also point to a time of manufacture. Founded in 1896 by leopold friederich schmidt, it was bought by g. Beer can values can best be researched on ebay by going to the advanced search feature, typing in the name of the can to be researched, and checking the box to include completed auctions. Pabst blue ribbon beer can photo and value plus more old beer cans. Give us a call at 218 6822739 and well help you value your cans. For the first time in seven years, the official price guide to beer cans has been revised and updated, customtailored to one of todays most popular markets and creating your collection is only half the fun. The practice of selling beer by the can coincided with the end of prohibition in 1933. A bit watered down, olympia still feels like beer in the mouth same can t be said for other macros, and the taste is not completely revolting.
Information on beer cans, values, buyers and history of the beer can. A bit watered down, olympia still feels like beer in the mouth same can t be said for other. If your pull tab is not listed below then it likely has little to no value. It took decades for the booze business to recover, so yearly prices during the 30s werent tracked. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. An entertaining history when author john bickerdyke first began researching what he called the antiquities of ale and beer, he was shocked to find that no comprehensive volume had ever been written on the subject. In 1889, bickerdyke corrected that injustice with publication of this book. Eleanor roosevelts white house press conferences national. A historical look at the price of beer showbiz cheat sheet. Parnelli jones wholesale was a reseller which sold and distributed shock absorbers, passenger car tires, and other automotive products to retail tire dealers. I owe a lot to my knowledge of olympia breweriana to my friend bill mugrage.
The two most extensive places beer can value researchers can find beer can comps are ebay and. Very hard to find 16 ounce olympia flat top can these were only out for a short time in good shape not mint but not bad 45 dollars. Moon of vega dipa and eastern states ale, mixed 4pack. You will be pleasantly surprised to learn that some old beer cans can be quite valuable. Maybe the best thing since sliced bread the pull tab revolutionized the beverage container industry. Through a series of consolidations, it was acquired by pabst brewing company in 1999. Aug 24, 2018 prohibition ended in 1933, leaving only a couple hundred breweries still in business. The diamond match company promptly purchased puseys patent he remained diamonds attorney for the rest of his life, and in 1894, a company salesman named henry traute got his first order for 10 million matchbooks bearing ads for pabst beer on. Missouri americanstyle lager brewed and sold since 1876, the king of beers is the largestselling beer in the world.
Drinking beer can add a lot of extra calories and carbs to your diet which causes weight gain so find out how bad your favorite beers are to drink. Abebooks has been part of the rare book world since going live in 1996. Jun 05, 2008 these krueger special beer cans were filled with 3. Labeled bottle has tear in upper right corner that can be seen in the pic. The former olympia beer brewery property has been sold again. We have the best selection of high end cans in the market, and are paying the absolute top price for old beer cans or soda cans, and any vintage beer signs. Many a late night was spent in bills basment trying to keep up with bill on a ice cold oly, hamms or a pbr and talking about beer breweries and the charecters that ran them. The only ale available to servicemen was red cap ale, and collectors often seek out these cans. This was an advertising premium for the waukee brewing co around 1976 and was never sold with beer in it. Major and independent breweries alike have collapsed. Associated lager beer can photo and value plus more old beer cans. All olympia beer posters are produced ondemand using archival inks, ship within 48 hours, and include a 30day moneyback guarantee.
Many more than will ever be in the hands of serious collectors. A beer might be a oneofakind but if no one cares it has no value. Recent beer can values vary widely due to the current 2009 economic environment. Beer can history brewery collectibles club of america. D green, war time beer mid everything you want to know about flat top and cone top beer cans. Bottle openers only became common kitchen items after the crown top also called the crown cork was invented by a baltimore bottler named william painter in 1892. This is the complete oi beer can reference book by kevin lilek. With that in mind, olympia is not a bad beer for the college student on a budget.
You can only upload files of type 3gp, 3gpp, mp4, mov, avi, mpg, mpeg, or rm. For 32 oz cans see quarts and for gallon cans see gallons. Find 494 listings related to olympia beer store in mckeesport on. Prohibition ended in 1933, leaving only a couple hundred breweries still in business. Over the next 15 years, his collection grew into an organizeddiversified group of around 250 beer cans that included nearly all the rarer calif. But as people started to drink again publicly, a quart of beer aka 32 ounces or about 2. Vintage wooden olympia brewing co company beer box crate carrier washington usa washington usa co company brewing company beer can hat olympia brewery crates coffee shop ale more information.
Although it is not a book about beer cans, it is very useful in finding brewery information and in dating beer cans and breweriana. Since the end of prohibition, the beer market has transformed itself multiple times. In addition, parnelli jones has several wheel manufacturers companies since the beginning of the 70s, z. All three factors need to be exceptional in order to reach a value of thousands of dollars. You can only upload files of type png, jpg, or jpeg. Customize your olympia beer poster with hundreds of different frame options, and get the exact look that you want for your wall. Buying old beer cans,soda cans, 57453281 and vintage. See bars, beer stores, and restaurants near me selling olympia with prices and whether its on tap or in a bottle, can, growler, etc. The best way to find out what your vintage beer cans are worth is. We also sell the rarest and most desirable cans known. Cone tops came into use in 1935 and the last one was used by rice lake brewing in 1960.
The price of beer is an easy thing to take for granted. Search over 3 million price reports spanning art, antiques, coins, collectibles, memorabilia, and other tangible assets of value. The theodore hamm brewing company was established in 1865 when a german immigrant, theodore hamm 18251903 inherited the excelsior brewery from his friend and business associate, a. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. In addition to giving an idea of value, online antique sites often include details about each mirrorinformation that may provide insight into the history and rarity of your mirror. We are experiencing some problems, please try again.
Is the opened 1933 olympia beer can i found in the attic. Released at brewery with secure brand new four can shipper. Paul, minnesota in 1865, he probably couldnt have imagined that 100 years later a cartoon bear named sascha would be more highly regarded than the liquid produced by his namesake brewery. The beer can a complete guide to beer can collecting by beer can collectors of america and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Whether youre selling an individual can, or an entire collection, beer cans plus will offer you top dollar. Budweiser has been the worlds bestselling beer since 1957, and is distributed in more than 70 countries. The exceptions are fake beer cans made for collectors during the 1970s. Schmidt left the company after an argument over louise hamms disciplinary actions regarding schmidts daughter, marie. The gottfried krueger brewing company of newark, nj signed on the dotted line in november 1933. How much a sixpack of beer cost the year you were born. Find the current blue book value and worth of your new and used guitars, both acoustic, electric and amplifier. Unable to finance the venture himself, keller had entered into a partnership with hamm to secure funding. Calories and carbs in beer how bad are your favorite beers.
It tastes as youd expect for an oldschool american beer, light sweet malts, dank musty corn, and water. Well known to book collectors and booklovers, our site is an excellent resource for discovering a rough value of an old book. Collectors like rare and unusual items but that alone does not guarantee value. Of course there is no longer beer flowing from the tumwater plant, however the pabst brewing company still owns and markets the brand. Jun 05, 2008 although it is not a book about beer cans, it is very useful in finding brewery information and in dating beer cans and breweriana. He built a fourstory wooden brewhouse, a fivestory cellar building, a onestory ice factory powered by the lower falls, and a bottling and keg plant and in 1896, began brewing and selling olympia beer. Rebel wheel co, us mags and american racing equipment. The olympia brewing company was a brewery in the northwest united states, located in tumwater, washington, near olympia. Maybe your grandfather left you a bunch of old beer cans, and youre wondering what they might be worth. Olympia test cans olympia brewery collectibles home. In 1902, the firm became olympia brewing company, with frank kenney as the company secretary. Later flat top lids with the familar light olympia beer logo. Exolympia beer brewery property sold the seattle times.
We are buying single cans that you may have found while remodeling, or entire beer can or soda can. Kruegers special beer became the first beer can ever produced. When a german immigrant named theodore hamm purchased the excelsior brewery in st. Research beer can values beer can research, store and. Everything you want to know about flat top and cone top beer cans. The december 28, 1933 issue of brewers news featured a photograph of 2 krueger special beer cans. Ebay is a useful, but limited, site for researching beer can values. By 1884, schmidt was a partner at the north star brewery not far from hamms brewery.
Beer can collection old beer cans beers of the world beer brands beer humor soda bottles beer garden vintage tins brewing co haberles congress beer, usbc 211. Even though the repeal of prohibition in 1933 allowed beer, wine and. A value guide to beer can collecting ressel, art on. The united states beer cans book 2001 on page 14 offers, the last cone tops were filled by the rice lake brewing co. This list does not include cone tops, crowntainers. Olympia beer stubby bottle w label olympia brewing co. Olympia beer, empty beer can, 7 oz, aluminum can ebay. The listings for every manufacturer of beer and beer cans is accessibly arranged by state and city for quick identification. Olympia beer flared pilsner glass officially licensed, set of 4. Buying, selling and trading beer cans and breweriana twentyfour hours a day, seven days a week and three hundred sixtyfive days a year.
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